---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning agreements between licensed marijuana businesses and other people and businesses, including royalty and licensing agreements relating to the use of intellectual property."
description: "Concerning agreements between licensed marijuana businesses and other people and businesses, including royalty and licensing agreements relating to the use of intellectual property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 1794"
citation: "Washington HB 1794 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DRUGS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stanford"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/065bcf89-d88c-4fae-bf1c-461e667bf6cc"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1794&year=2019"
source_hash: "b17b4ae51e373648b73a4288b498d99105a3969fa8c8249efd8788c99adfc02c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington HB 1794 (2019-2020) — Concerning agreements between licensed marijuana businesses and other people and businesses, including royalty and licensing agreements relating to the use of intellectual property.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1794.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1794-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2019-20/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/1794-S.htm)

## Votes

- Final Passage (#27) — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — **39–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stanford — primary (person)
- Appleton — cosponsor (person)
- Blake — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- MacEwen — cosponsor (person)
- Reeves — cosponsor (person)
- Vick — cosponsor (person)
- Young — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-31** First reading, referred to Commerce & Gaming. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-02-14** COG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Rules 2 Review.
- **2019-03-06** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.
- **2019-03-07** 1st substitute bill substituted. `substitution`
- **2019-03-07** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2019-03-07** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-07** Third reading, passed; yeas, 86; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** First reading, referred to Labor & Commerce. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** LBRC - Majority; do pass.
- **2019-03-28** Minority; without recommendation.
- **2019-03-29** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2019-04-11** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
- **2019-04-13** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-13** Third reading, passed; yeas, 39; nays, 6; absent, 0; excused, 4. `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-25** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-04-26** Delivered to Governor.
- **2019-05-13** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Chapter 380, 2019 Laws. `became-law`
- **2019-05-13** Effective date 7/28/2019. `became-law`
- **2019-02-07T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 09:00 AM
- **2019-02-14T14:00:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the House Committee on Commerce & Gaming at 09:00 AM
- **2019-03-19T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM
- **2019-03-28T12:30:00+00:00** Scheduled for public hearing in the Senate Committee on Labor & Commerce at 08:30 AM

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/065bcf89-d88c-4fae-bf1c-461e667bf6cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).